"If it is of any interest, you may as well know you have seen it at its worst. Smith is not always drunk and Questing is not always with us."
"Not? But I thought . . ."
"He absents himself. I rejoice in the event and deplore the motive. However."
Dr. Ackrington glared portentously into his glass and cleared his throat. Dikon waited for a moment, but his companion showed no sign of developing his theme. Dikon was to learn that Dr. Ackrington could exploit with equal mastery the embarrassing phrase and the disconcerting silence.
(from Colour Scheme, by Dame Ngaio Marsh)
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